CHARLESTON, S.C. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton (WMSL-753) returned home Friday to Charleston after completing a 60-day patrol throughout the Eastern Pacific Ocean, the Coast Guard 7th District said in an Aug. 28 release. The crew…
Expeditionary Warfare Director: Marines Will Be Sinking Ships in Future War
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Marine general assigned to the Navy as its director of expeditionary warfare says that Marine Corps forces will be more in support of the Navy than being the supported force. “We’re going to have Marines out…
Navy Taps FlightSafety Services Corp. for New Training Helicopters Instruction
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy has selected a Denver-based aviation training company to provide ground instruction for the Navy’s new TH-73A training helicopter. The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division in Orlando, Florida, awarded FlightSafety Services Corp. a $221 million firm, fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity…
RMC Admiral: Not Enough Ship Repair Capacity for Peacetime, Let Alone Wartime
ARLINGTON, Va. — The admiral in charge of the U.S. Navy’s regional maintenance centers said the Navy, as currently resourced, is not able to keep up with the ship repair demands of the current fleet and would have greater challenges in keeping up in wartime. …
PEO-Ships: ‘No Shortage of Challenges’ in Shipbuilding, Sustainment
ARLINGTON, Va. — The admiral in charge of U.S. Navy shipbuilding said there is no shortage of challenges in building the fleet and keeping it in fighting condition. Speaking at an Aug. 25 webinar conducted by the Navy League of the United States and sponsored by L3Harris…
Three Mine Countermeasures Ships Set for Decommissioning
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy will decommission three of its Avenger-class mine countermeasures ships over the next few days, commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (CNSFP) said in an August 20 release. The USS Champion, the USS Scout and the USS Ardent officially will be decommissioned at Naval Base San Diego on…
Navy Maturing Next-Generation Air Dominance Acquisition Approach
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy has acknowledged that it has stood up a program office for the Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program and is maturing the acquisition approach for the carrier-based power projection concept. The Navy has taken a go-slow…
Navy’s Medium USV to Be Based on Commercial Vehicle
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MUSV) being designed and built by L3Harris Technologies will be a purpose-built commercially derived vehicle, the company said in an Aug. 19 release. Although the Navy’s selection of Camden, New Jersey-based L3Harris was announced by the Defense…
MDA Considering Navy’s Aegis System for Homeland Missile Defense
WASHINGTON — The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is investigating the feasibility of using the Navy’s Aegis Combat System and Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA as segment of a layered defense of the U.S. homeland. “We are investigating the possibility of deploying…
Navy Awards $430 Million Contract for Operation of Undersea Test Range
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy has awarded $430 million contract to a Maryland-based company to operate and maintain one of the service’s most sophisticated test ranges. The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Newport Division awarded the contract to Amentum Services Inc. of…